ROCHESTER — GlobalPost journalist James Foley, who was detained by Moammar Gadhafi's forces in Libya for 45 days, returned to his personal Twitter feed on Saturday to tell his followers he has returned safely to his home state of New Hampshire.

Foley also asked his followers to pray for the family of his fallen comrade, South African journalist Anton Hammerl, who was killed during the attack that lead to the capture of Foley and two other reporters.

"He was truly the best of us," Foley said of Hammerl in his post.

The reporters were taken prisoner by forces loyal to Libyan leader Gadhafi and held in a Tripoli hotel for six weeks before being set free on May 18.

Foley's last tweet prior to this was on April 4, just one day before his capture.